1 Samuel 16:7 (NKJV) But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him.  For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” There are no...

Have you ever been stuck?  I’m usually good at getting out of tough situations, but sometimes I can’t.  I’ve had my car stuck in a swampy ditch in Louisiana and a couple of times on the edge of a snowy road in Iowa, not counting breakdowns.  When I was in elementary...

Peter grew up fishing.  Not the go to the lake and throw a line in the water.  Like fish all night in the cold with a net, this is my job not this is my hobby fishing. His dad fished, his grandpa fished, and his great grandpa... you guessed it... he fished. He was set...

I’m going to man up and admit that, fifteen years ago this month, I totally botched my proposal to my wife. It was working at Inspiration Hills, a Christian camp in northwest Iowa, and I had been planning “the perfect proposal” for quite some time. When Andrea came...

1 Corinthians 13:13New International Version (NIV) 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Love, Time, and Death; these three things connect every person who ever lived and who still lives and who is yet to live. We all...

Men's Breakfast - June 10, 2017 Hy-Vee in Newton, Iowa 7:00-8:00 am $7.00 will get you all you can eat Bring: Dads, Sons, Friends, Men Hope to see you there!!

On Memorial Day, my wife, my brother and I watched "Patriot Day".  For anyone who has not seen it, or doesn't know the story line, it centers around the Boston marathon bombings.  These bombings were a senseless tragic attack spawned by hatred.  The soul intent was...